Chapter 538: Boiling cement

After the morning court was over, Yang Jingwei was thinking about something.

According to the homework handed over by Liu Mao, the road construction has become a difficult problem for Yang Jing. The roads are divided into the city and outside the city. Not to mention the road problems outside the city, Yang Jing is in trouble, which has caused another big problem. There are too many horse carriages, and the problem of horse manure and cow manure must be considered. If horse manure is allowed to be spread everywhere, in this climate such as Beijing, people in Beijing will have to eat this dirt when the wind blows. The disease caused by this is question.

The question is even more troublesome, so if you want to build a road, you must consider the corresponding drainage, sewage discharge, and road cleaning issues. It is definitely not enough to solve the cattle and horse manure brought by the carriage. It must also involve the sewage discharge in the city. To renovate this, you must repair various ditches and sewers, dig a lot of ditches, and even the problems of houses and shops on both sides of the street. This has led to a larger project, urban management and renovation issues, demolition and real estate in the Ming Dynasty...

This series of problems intertwined, Yang Jingwei was very dizzy. It was originally a simple thing, but now it has become a super complex project.

"Big partner, is the yamen responsible for managing roads and ditches in this capital?" Yang Jing was very dizzy. Faced with such a huge systematic project, he felt that it was even more difficult than planning a war. After thinking for a long time, even if Yang Jing had a headache, he would not begin to understand this in-depth. No matter what, all this must be solved and the road must be repaired. Therefore, Yang Jing began to ask who should take care of the streets and sewers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Report to Your Majesty, but ask who will take care of the streets and ditches?" Wang Chengen asked in surprise.

"Yes, I plan to build roads, and these issues must be involved." Yang Jing lamented that although I didn't know much about the roads and ditches of the Ming Dynasty, relying on these limited understandings, I also knew that this must be extremely complex and troublesome.

"...... Go back to Your Majesty, there are the Ministry of Works, the Five City Military Officers, the Jinyiwei, the Censor of the City, and sometimes the Inner Officials also participate..." Wang Chengen replied honestly.

"Oh, so many yamen do this matter?" Yang Jing asked in surprise and a little unsurprisingly. It was because he had expected this matter. There were too many people who were surprised to do this matter, and it was different from his original estimate. Originally, Yang Jing thought that Shuntian Mansion could manage the streets and ditches of Beijing City, but in fact Shuntian Mansion could not manage this.

"Your Majesty, yes, the head of the Ministry of Works, the Five City Military and Horse Office is responsible for actual dredging, the Jinyiwei and the Censor of the City have the responsibility of supervision and supervision. If you manage the ditches in this way, sometimes you will also send civil and military officials or middle-level officials." Wang Chengen replied affirmatively.

"That's it! Summon the chief officials of these yamen to see me." Yang Jing said with a headache.

"Abide by the order!" Wang Chengen said.

Wang Chengen went out to pass the imperial edict.

Yang Jie sat in the warm chalet in a daze. The roads followed by the promotion carriage, and the ditches and sewage discharge systems came along with the roads. This included epidemic prevention and sanitation, followed by road transformation and urban management. This simple thing became more complicated as it went down. It was no longer a simple carriage problem. It was the best annotation to move the whole body.

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"Your Majesty, everyone is here." It took Yang Jingwei to hear Wang Chengen's cry.

"Oh, it's coming soon? Let them all come in." Yang Qie fell into deep thought, not feeling the passing of time at all.

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen agreed in surprise. It's still fast? It's been half an hour, but it's still fast? Could it be that the emperor still has the slightest feeling about the half an hour?

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"My minister, Li Changgeng, the Minister of Works, see Your Majesty!"

"I am the commander of the Jinyiwei, Yu Risheng, and the commander of the Jinyiwei, to meet your Majesty!"

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The few people who came here bowed one by one, and Yang Jingwei was also exempted from gifts one by one. The Minister of Works, Li Changgeng, Yang Jingwei, was the most familiar and often met. Yu Risheng and Yang Jingwei from the Jinyiwei also had an impression. After all, they often met. Yang Jingwei had no impression of the commanders of the five-city military commanders, and Yang Jingwei also had no impression of the city inspectors.

"Call you guys to come today, do you know what you are doing?" Yang Jinge asked.

In addition to the Minister of Works and the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, the people from the Censor of the City and the Military Commander of the Five City Military Command were very nervous.

"Report to Your Majesty, is it because of the roads and ditches in the capital?" The Minister of Works, the head of the Minister of Works, replied that the emperor summoned so many people, and only from the official positions of these people, these people are responsible for the same thing, that is, to manage the roads and ditches in the capital.

"Yes, Li's Ministry of Works said it well. I ordered Liu Mao to run a carriage a few days ago. Liu Mao reported on the road problem, saying that if there are too many carriages, this horse manure is a problem. If you want to promote a carriage, this horse manure must be solved. Otherwise, if the wind blows the soil, the people in the capital will not have a good life. There is too much horse manure, and there will be a large epidemic. Therefore, I will come here today to understand the situation. Let me tell you everything you know..." Yang Jinge said.

"Report to Your Majesty, there are always many horse-drawn carriages, ox carriages and mule carriages in the capital. The climate in the capital is dry. The cattle and horse manure on the road is really a big harm. It is common for the wind to blow the soil and eat dust..." Li Changgeng, Minister of Works, replied. [This situation is true. For example, in Xinlongmen Inn, there is a dress with yarn hanging on the edge of the hat. This was common in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, especially in days when there were too many grays.]

"Well, that's it!..." Yang Kailai heard it, nodded, and looked at the next one.

"Report to Your Majesty, this is true. The capital city has always been sunny and dusty, and it is difficult to walk when it rains. Not only horse manure, but the roads are mostly muddy, and it is even more difficult to walk when it rains. Mud can splash around your waist..." Yu Risheng, commander of the Jinyiwei, saw the emperor looking at him and also talked about some road problems.

Yang Jie still nodded and looked at the next one.

"Report to Your Majesty, in addition to the feces of cattle, horses and mules, there are also filthy things from the people in the city. Many people in the city often dump the feces of filthy things at will, and there are also those who are convenient in the streets. The dust together..." The remaining people also began to tell the emperor about eating ashes in Beijing.

"...Your Majesty, not only is the trouble of feces for livestock on the road, but also in this ditch, which is often blocked by filthy things. When it rains, the ditches will be full and sewage will overflow on the streets..."

"...Your Majesty, the ditches are blocked, and in addition to the filth flow, sometimes there will be waterlogging, which will cause the house to collapse..."

Officials from all walks of life began to introduce the roads and ditches in Beijing to the emperor one by one. Seeing that the emperor asked the truth, they also mentioned Liu Mao about horse manure. Therefore, everyone thought that the emperor knew many problems with the roads and ditches in Beijing, and was not afraid of horse manure. So they said it seriously, horse manure, cow urine, human stools and other things came out, and the ditch was filled with manure and water overflowed on the streets, and the windbreaker was blown drying. These flew up again, and everyone had a share. They were able to speak loudly and shadows, and described it as real.

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After saying that, Yang Jing almost vomited out. Usually he was in the deep palace, and the environment was OK, and there were people to serve everything, but he didn't think there were many problems. Even the horse manure problem mentioned by Liu Mao, although Yang Jing felt dirty, he didn't take it to heart. After all, if he wanted to promote a carriage, there would be horse manure problems. But today, the actual situation told by these yamen officials who managed the roads and ditches in the capital were really beyond Yang Jing's expectations. Yang Jing, who was used to seeing, using, listening to luxurious objects and words, made them vomit with these "filthy" words and descriptions.

Yang Jie felt sick for a while and felt more comfortable. Fortunately, it was not time to have lunch, and luckily, he had almost digested breakfast, otherwise he would have vomited.

When the ministers saw the emperor looking like he was about to vomit, they all blamed themselves, why did they tell the emperor about these things? But the emperor asked that again, who knows...

After rinsing his mouth several times, Yang Jie felt that the faint smell was gone.

"I just heard it and reacted like this. It was so unbearable. How could I bear the people who live in these places all day long?" Yang Jie sighed. He had to sigh that the hygiene difference in Beijing was beyond his expectations.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to repair the roads and ditches?" Li Changgeng, Minister of Works, asked hurriedly.

"Does the Qing family think it's okay to not renovate it?" Yang Jingai asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, this ditch has not been repaired for some years now. According to calculations, it is indeed time to repair it. Before, our dynasty would have to repair it every few years." said Li Changgeng, Minister of Works.

"Oh, that's it! How long can I manage the overhaul of Beijing City now? When did it last time?" Yang Jie was still a little disgusted.

"When you go back to Your Majesty, it will take about three or five years. If you repair it thoroughly, you may be able to manage it for seven or eight years or ten years. The last major repair of the ditches was in the first year of the late emperor. It took a lot of manpower and material resources to dredge the ditches. Now, it has been eight years. After all, it is indeed a major repair..." said Li Changgeng, Minister of Works.

"If you have thorough repairs, you can manage it for seven or eight years? How is this repaired? Well..., what is the situation of the ditches in the capital now? How long is it? How many places can you manage it? How are the ditches built? How are the roads built?" Yang Jing asked simply.

"Reply to Your Majesty,... Did Your Majesty talk about the situation when the late emperor built the ditches? I vaguely remember that there were many civilians and craftsmen at that time, and I was afraid that more than 100,000 people would be afraid that the specific ones would be lost. I still need to check them in detail before I could find out..." said Li Changgeng, Minister of Works.

"Then how long is the ditches in Beijing nowadays and how are they built? How high is it and wide? How big can they manage?" Yang Jie asked again.

"Go to Your Majesty, this... Now there are more than 30,000 ft. There are more than 30,000 ft. Each alley and small ditches are 100,000 ft. As for repairing..." Li Changgeng began to try his best to tell what he could remember. The things the emperor asked were really professional, and he couldn't remember many numbers.

"In other words, nowadays, the inner city is mainly complete, while the outer city is very few, basically there are none?" Yang Jie was angry and asked with some fame.

"When you go back to your Majesty, this is probably the case. It is too much to build a ditche, and ditches are mostly based on crypts. If you build a ditche, you must build a ditche. If you build a ditche, you must build a ditche with six feet and six inches high and five feet and four inches wide. All of them are made of bricks and stones, and they must be laid on it to ensure long-term..." said Li Changgeng, Minister of Works.

"It's really complicated." Yang Jie knew after hearing this that it was not a simple problem to build a sewer, and the investment must be very huge.

"What about the road? So what?" Yang Jing asked again.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the roads in the capital are mostly mostly muddy roads, and only a few of the roads are paved with bricks and stones. Therefore, it is because it is muddy on rainy days." Li Changgeng, Minister of Works, said again.

"Oh, that's it! Then if all the meadows are covered with meadows, how much meadows should be needed? What if it is bricks?" Yang Jie was very pessimistic after hearing this. To completely solve the problems of Beijing roads and sewers, it seems that it is really not something that can be done with just a little money.

"Ah! They are covered with mashi stones? Your Majesty, I can't imagine. If they are covered with mashi stones, how much mashi stones the capital would have to be collected, how much labor service is required, and how much money is required to be able to do it..." Li Changgeng, the Minister of Works, said in surprise.

"Oh, I understand. Since it is time to repair the ditches, then start preparing to repair the ditches. However, before repairing, you have to plan carefully. It is best to repair the outer city. I just heard that several Qing family talk about these situations, and I felt that I couldn't stand it, let alone the people who live there?..." Yang Jing looked at the surprised Minister of Works and could not control so much. Even if things were troublesome, they had to do it. Things were always difficult to start.

"I received the order!... I dare to ask Your Majesty, is it necessary to plan the outer city? Do you also need to build large and small ditches? If it is built inside the city, will the Jiumen River canal be repaired outside the city?" The Minister of Works agreed and asked again.

"Yes, both the inner and outer cities need to be repaired. Try to solve the problems mentioned by the Qing family, such as ditches blocked and sewage overflowing. By the way, there are roads, and we should also consider them. We should also keep the feces of animals, and try to keep the roads clean and clean. In addition, there is also the problem of the people in the city dumping feces at will, and the problem of difficulty in using the toilet should also be solved. If these are not solved, the people in my capital, like living in a cesspool, there will always be epidemics. It is best to find a solution once and for all..." Yang Jing did not care about his disgust and said these things in one go.

Li Changgeng, the Minister of Works, looked at the emperor and didn't know how to answer. This project is too big. The emperor's heart is good, but how much money does it cost? Even if the emperor has money now, it is probably not so easy to complete this huge project.

"Your Majesty, do you have to consider all these? This is too prosperous and the cost is too much. Your Majesty, according to me, it is better to dredge the ditches first..." The Minister of Works suggested kindly that he was not an imperial party and did not have the habit of obeying the emperor's orders.

"Don't worry about this. You plan these things first, try to accommodate what I said, and try to think of all possible ways to do this. As for when the construction will start, let's talk about it then..." Although Yang Jie was shocked by the complexity of the project, he knew that he had to do this. No matter how difficult it was, he had to face it.

"I received the order!" Li Changgeng, the Minister of Works, could only agree that although if this matter was started and he was asked to do it, he would have a lot of money to take advantage of it, but he was still not optimistic about the emperor's actions and could hardly complete such a project.

Others also looked at the emperor in amazement. It was hard to imagine that the emperor would think so. This project is really too prosperous.

After sending off these city managers, Yang Jing had a headache. While wiping his forehead, he took out Shi Kefa's homework. In the homework, Shi Kefa planned to build a new Shanghai, which also involved many roads and ditches issues. There were a lot of data mentioned in it. Although Yang Jing had read it before, he didn't feel anything at that time. Besides, Shanghai was still relatively small, and the project volume was not large for the time being, and there was no need for demolition. However, the problem in Beijing was obviously much more complicated. Yang Jing finally felt the various data on those roads and ditches.

After reviewing the work of Shikefa and Liu Mao's work, Yang Jie took a breath. The various building materials needed for these urban construction and renovation projects can only be described in massive amounts.

Bricks, lime, granite, wood, ceramic pipes, these building materials...

Yang Jing thought about it for a while and took a pen and changed his sentence on his homework to Sun Yuanhua: "I am thinking about the problem of road construction. I see that the road built by Sanhe soil is still good on sunny days, and it will definitely be muddy on rainy days, and it will definitely deform after crushing for a long time. I think that the road used to build Sanhe soil is too soft, not hard enough, and I am afraid of water. It is not ideal for building road construction. If the road built by Sanhe soil can be comparable to mashi stone, it will be more perfect. It is hard and not afraid of water. I also
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